I have been thinking about, considering, mumbling, mulling and otherwise putting off a dip in the shallow end of the self-publishing pool.
My Spoon River of Houses was going to be my first title but I unexpectedly got the rights back on two previous titles.
I review, revise and edit, I take notes in my Molskine and stop to work on an e-jigsaw-puzzle. Then I talk about reviewing, revising and editing.
I have new cover art for If I Should Die but I am not going to show you, yet. I want to prepare a press release announcing the new release and build up my MailChimp email list. Nothing motivates like suddenly not having a book to sell.
A fellow author is currently trying to build his list as well. As an effort to encourage him, I said he needed to ‘ask.’ Make an offer of some readerly value and court your potential reader and fan. After all, the worst that can happen is that your email list stays at two subscribers, yourself and one other.
Then I began to walk the talk. I sent out an email to my two subscribers, myself and someone else. Sure it feels silly to send out emails to one other person but practice is the best teacher. You spare your potential reader from witnessing your train wrecks as you learn the software.
To show I am working on growing my list –
• The sign-up link is part of my email signature.
• The form to subscribe to my MailChimp list appears here on my website.
• I am working on a list of very cool things to offer my potential subscribers.
If you subscribe to my newsletter you will be among the first to see my new cover art for each of my up-coming releases.
The Big Ask
Now, for the ask… I am looking for subscribers and I hope you will be among them!
Click on the link above or search the sidebar on the right. Cell phone users should probably just click the link above.
Till next time, don’t touch anything sharp!